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Spider-Man cleans windows, surprises kids at hospital (Salt Lake City) — Spider-Man not only climbs up buildings and saves damsels in distress, but he also washed windows at the Primary Children's Hospital Thursday afternoon. One of the window cleaners at Primary Children's Medical Center decided to surprise the patients by dressing up in a Spider-Man costume while cleaning the six-story building. The heroism was caught on film as Spider-Man swung back and forth flashing his well-known web shooting gestures.

"Parents were pointing out Spider-Man to the kids and they were really excited," said Primary Children's Medical Center public relations specialist, Sandra Orton. There was one kid who loves Spider-Man that was really excited and he wanted to go outside and meet with him." On average the hospital treats about 208 patients a day, and Orton said they love finding ways to cheer up the residents. "All of our patients are dealing with different challenges," Orton said. "Anything we can do to boost their morale and take their minds off the shots and tests is positive."

Due to the warm weather, the worker did have to take off the costume at one point to ensure safe work conditions. "He was fantastic and he acted just as Spider-Man would," Orton said of the worker's performance. "He was very excited to be wearing the costume. He probably just wished it hadn't been so hot." Orton said that Spider-Man might possibly make another appearance for the kids in the future.

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Groupon Type Deal Loses Window Cleaner Credibility

Customers, merchants frustrated over CityDeals.com shutdown: SALT LAKE CITY — Frustration continued to mount Friday over the recent shutdown of the coupon website CityDeals.com. Vendors were hearing it from customers, and the businesses said they’ve seen their own share of difficulties in the past months. Meanwhile, a competitor is trying to alleviate some of the pain felt by all.

KSL Deals said Friday it will give partial credit toward a KSL Deal in exchange for vouchers that have no longer been honored or are no longer valid. It also plans to offer arrangements with CityDeal vendors who have lost money and business during the ordeal. “A lot of these vendors have been hurt pretty badly when they don’t get paid and they really put themselves out to structure a deal, so we would like to be able to offer them some pretty aggressive terms if they want to do a deal with us,” said Mike Petroff, chief operating officer of Deseret Digital Media.

Sharper View Professional Window Cleaning Services owner Todd Elkins said he is out tens of thousands of dollars, after CityDeals.com stopped sending him checks in July. Elkins said this is normally the busiest time of year for him, but his business has been cut this year by about 80 percent due to the issues with the online coupon company. “We’re sad to see so many customers who have purchased certificates and we’re in a position of having to try to service those as best we can to get to their homes at a significant cost,” Elkins said. “We’ve lost a lot of customers because of it. We’ve lost credibility and it’s really hard.”

Healing Arts Massage owner Leta Saul has been more insulated because of her connection with Groupon, but said she is still down thousands of dollars from CityDeals.com troubles. “We’re struggling. We’re still fighting to keep people coming in, and doing the best we can,” Saul said. Saul said she still has not cut off the CityDeals.com customers, but they are worried about being able to get their money’s worth out of their certificates. “It’s been a constant headache,” Saul said.

It was unclear Friday whether CityDeals.com would open its doors and website again, though a statement from founder Jeff Stucki suggested it would at some point. “CityDeals is committed to rebuilding the website, repairing and repaying merchants, and gaining back the trust of our customers and employees,” Stucki said. “(We) are working harder than ever to make this happen!” Stucki in the statement said Deals That Matter had an agreement to acquire the site in place, but ultimately shuttered the operation earlier this week and fired the remaining CityDeals.com workers. “We have now terminated the agreement with Deals That Matter after suffering irreparable damage,” Stucki said. “They will be held responsible for their actions.”

James Saccomano, executive vice president of Deals That Matter, said he was surprised by the statement. He acknowledged there was an agreement, but said Deals That Matter rescinded it. He said discussions had resumed the past three days with Stucki and the CEO of CityDeals.com. Late Friday, however, he said the companies agreed to go their separate ways.

KSL Deals offered details on ksl.com’s “deals page” of a limited time offer to customers and merchants. For a limited time, KSL Deals will offer customers a 20 percent discount on top of the already discounted KSL Deals. Merchants, for a limited time, will be offered a preferred split of 80 percent revenue on a new deal run with KSL Deals. And the KSL site will pay merchants 80 percent in 10 days, 20 percent in 60 days for any charge-backs or refund requests.

Lucky Escape for Window Washer in Salt Lake City

Window Washer Survives Three Story Fall: Salt Lake City, UT - A window washer harnessed on a high rise building in Salt Lake City fell three stories and survived. The man was able to swing himself and break through a window to stop his fall. After crashing through the window, the man lowered himself to the ground, but he suffered cuts to his head.

Window washer crashes through window when rigging fails: A window washer was injured when his rope chair gave way and he swung 30 feet, crashing into a window. The man was working by himself Thursday afternoon on a building at 370 E. South Temple. He was lowering himself down the five-story building when his rigging failed. He fell half way down the building, swung into and through a window. He was able to lower himself down to the ground. Workers in the area saw what happened and helped the man. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition with cuts to his head. Officials have not released his name or the company for which he works. A 21-year-old woman inside the building, sitting right next to window was also injured. She suffered some minor cuts from the shattered glass. She was treated and released on scene.

Man Who Fell from Scaffolding Gets Special Father's Day: Thirty year old Michael Whiting is recovering from that fall - he says he's happy to be with his family this fathers day.

Window Washing Raises Safety Concerns in USA

High-rise rescue in Boynton Beach: Boynton Beach Firefighters took part in a high-rise rescue Thursday afternoon. Two window washers fell from the top floor to the 8th floor at the Promenade Condo Building, 700 East Boynton Beach Boulevard. According to fire rescue, one window washer was pulled inside of a window, while the other needed to be rescued from a fire truck ladder. There were no serious injuries.

SALT LAKE CITY - A window washer harnessed on a downtown highrise building on 370 East South Temple lost control of his chair rigging and fell three stories. While he was lowering himself down, the rigging on his rope chair failed. The man was able to swing himself and break through a window to stop his fall. After crashing through the window, the man lowered himself to the ground. He suffered cuts to his head and is listed in critical condition. A woman near the broken glass received minor cuts from the flying glass.
Window washer crashes through window: A window washer suffered serious lacerations to his head when he broke through a third-floor window he was washing Thursday afternoon at 370 E. South Temple, said Salt Lake City police spokeswoman Lara Jones. Shards of glass also fell into the lobby of the building, where a woman suffered minor cuts. The washer managed to lower himself to the ground, Jones said. He was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive.

Ed Randol has washed windows for almost 36 years. Proper window-washing equipment won't come down, even if something goes wrong, said Randol, the owner of Clean Outlook. "You can't leave one thing unattended," he said. "Something got left unattended." News 8 put a window-washing device to the test with Randol on Thursday, in the wake of 21-year-old Tyler Cotter's accident. Cotter died at around 3 p.m. Wednesday after falling 45 feet from the Grand Rapids Art Museum. He was washing windows, working for Award Window Cleaning Services, Inc. Cotter, a Creston High graduate, had a girlfriend and a 1-month-old daughter. The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or MIOSHA, is investigating whether Award Window Cleaning is at fault. You're not supposed to put a man on the side of a building without the proper safety equipment, Randol said. Visitation for Cotter will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Funeral services will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday. In addition, a memorial fund has been set up for Cotter's family.

His mother, Judy Cotter, remembered her son Thursday as "a good kid he was the best." Cotter said her son was scared every day he went to work "he did it for his girls." His girls were his five week old daughter, Peyton, and her mother, Samantha Goldner. Goldner held Peyton Thursday, and wondered aloud "I don't know what I'm going to do - I don't know how to tell her". Pictured: Tyler Cotter's 5 week old daughter Peyton. Please make checks out to Tyler Cotter Memorial Fund & send them to P.O. Box 3504 Grand Rapids MI 49501